title: [Ability of human oral cavity indigenous lactobacilli to form biofilms].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine ability of lactobacilli strains indigenous for oral cavity of healthy persons to adhesion, autoaggregation, surface hydrophobicity, coaggregation and formation of biofilms.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-three anatagonistically active isolates of lactobacilli, including 5 strains of Lactobacillus plantarum, 6--L. rhamnosus, 4--L. paracasei, and 8--L. fermentum, were studied. Characteristics of lactobacilli associated with adhesion, autoaggregation, surface hydrophobicity, coaggregation, and formation of biofilms were determined.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Bacteria were characterized by high and intermediate level of adhesion, autoaggregation, surface hydrophobicity, expressed ability to form biofilms and different coaggregation activity relative to test-strains Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Candida albicans, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Bacillus subtilis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Studied characteristics of lactobacilli could be used for development of new probiotics aimed at stabilization of oral cavity normoflora.
authors.forename: Iu V
authors.initials: IuV
authors.lastname: Chervinets
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Samoukina
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Chervinets
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Mikhaĭlova
authors.forename: D V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Lebedev
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Bondarenko
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000898:Antibiosis; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D018441:Biofilms / Q000254:growth & development*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology*; D009055:Mouth / Q000382:microbiology*; D019936:Probiotics